Painting ceilings is
a mugs game unless your name
is L. da Vinci.
by Scooj.
Tag: UK
78. Frogmore Street (4)
This busy mural is in great company, with a Banksy and JPS only meters away.
It is by 45rpm and Richt. Although 45rpm has a lot of work around Bristol, and a website, it is difficult to dig up very much about him although he does have a post about his work with Richt on pattern collage murals.
Richt is also a Bristol-based artist and illustrator whose works are also scattered around Bristol and the Westcountry. The pair appear to collaborate a fair bit.
7/10
Squat pigeons
Perched high, defiant
grey skies above, squat pigeons
wait for the Winter.
by Scooj
‘Tis the season to be jolly
You know times are hard
when you see Father Christmas
sell The Big Issue.
by Scooj
F.A.B.
Barry Gray and your
ondes martenot; music so
sophisticated.
by Scooj
- Barry Gray was the genius behind all the music in the Gerry Anderson productions: Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett, Joe 90, UFO and Space 1999 amongst others. Incredible ’60s and ’70s music, big band, first synthesisers…just incredible. I went to a concert celebrating his music in Bristol this week. Unbelievable music for children’s programmes.
77. Bolton Road (1)
A recent political mural just off the Gloucester Road (which eventually becomes Cheltenham Road and the Stokes Croft area) caught my eye a couple of weeks ago.
This collaboration by Feek (the main character) and 3Dom (the octopus and ‘citizens’) looks to be a poke at the right wing politics of the Tories and UKIP (whose party colours are purple and yellow).
Feek is a local Bristol artist who links up with quite a few of the artists, like Sepr, 3Dom and Soker, amongst others. Annoyingly I am struggling to find out much more about him.
Bolton Road is more of a narrow alley way, and this mural is rather difficult to photograph.
7/10
The Ministry
Pale civil servants
wearing tired suits and faces;
austerity’s grip.
by Scooj
Aztec Camera
I always wanted
a buckskin jacket, like the
one Roddy Frame wore.
by Scooj
- I saw a man wearing a buckskin jacket on my way to work this morning. It was perfect, and it reminded me of my lifelong desire to own one. Now I am 50-something I feel like I have earned the right to treat myself to one, and guess what…I’m going to do it.
Planet v economy
Winning the global
race is irrelevant if
there are no runners.
by Scooj
Sunday roast
Some eggs, flour and milk
and a very hot oven;
Yorkshire pudding done.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 